Smithsonian museum at Dulles

On Mon, 30 May 2005 00:53:46 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

We loved the Metro!

When we visited D.C. in 2000, we didn't rent a car,

Everyone in DC rides the Metro. It is brilliantly designed, fast,
reasonably priced, and safe. I have ridden it from Greenbelt in the
north to Vienna in the southwest, from 7 a.m. to midnight, and I've
never felt a qualm.

There are no cops on the Metro, and no muggers either, and almost no
vagrants. It is rarely crowded. It may well be the best public
transport system in the world.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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There are no cops on the Metro, and no muggers either, and almost no
vagrants. It is rarely crowded. It may well be the best public
transport system in the world.

Really? No cops -- in one of the highest-crime cities in America? I seem
to remember seeing quite a bunch of police officers in the station, but none
on the trains themselves...

And you're right -- I don't remember seeing any pan-handlers.

How has D.C. managed to create such a great system? What's the secret?
--
Jay Honeck
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Cub Driver wrote:
Everyone in DC rides the Metro. It is brilliantly designed, fast,
reasonably priced, and safe. I have ridden it from Greenbelt in the
north to Vienna in the southwest, from 7 a.m. to midnight, and I've
never felt a qualm.

There are no cops on the Metro, and no muggers either, and almost no
vagrants. It is rarely crowded. It may well be the best public
transport system in the world.


That is absolutely correct. I was up in the DC area last month and my father
and I used it to ride from Falls Church into the District so we could visit the
Vietnam and Korean War Memorials. Everybody on the Metro looked like they
either worked for the government, a restaurant, or were touring like me. There
were no low lifes, no panhandlers in the stations, no graffiti, no cops and no
bad guys that I noticed. I felt completely at ease.

The only negative was trying to figure out how to work the ticket machines. I'd
learned in the past you *never* want to pay with a $20 bill. They claim the
Metro will send you a refund check within 10 days but it was more like 7 weeks.
Carry ones and fives and you can cover any contingency.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

Can you get from downtown DC to the Dulles museum via the Metro or do
you have to take a bus?

Thanks,

BJ

Cub Driver wrote:

On Mon, 30 May 2005 00:53:46 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:



We loved the Metro!

When we visited D.C. in 2000, we didn't rent a car,



Everyone in DC rides the Metro. It is brilliantly designed, fast,
reasonably priced, and safe. I have ridden it from Greenbelt in the
north to Vienna in the southwest, from 7 a.m. to midnight, and I've
never felt a qualm.

There are no cops on the Metro, and no muggers either, and almost no
vagrants. It is rarely crowded. It may well be the best public
transport system in the world.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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On 29 May 2005 05:38:57 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

Maybe its worse with M.S streets since it only seems to show the
federal name.

I was driving home with GPS guidance last fall (Garmin 286) and was
astonished to find NH 108 identified as New Hampshire College Highway.
I have lived in this area since 1950 and never heard it called that.
(NH College became UNH in 1928


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"John Gaquin" wrote:
...for the most part I have never anywhere encountered a more
generally oblivious group of drivers than in the
Northern VA area.


I have never been to any city in the U. S. where the locals did not
believe their fellow drivers were the worst anywhere.

A sure way to start an "I can top that!" contest is to mention, in a
room full of people from around the country, how bad the drivers are
back home.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in message

I have never been to any city in the U. S. where the locals did not
believe their fellow drivers were the worst anywhere.

......except that I am not a native, nor currently a resident, of the
Washington, No VA area.

On 28 May 2005 19:22:59 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

I tried to go to the museum at the Dulles airport today. Boy, they do a
good job of hidding that little gem. D.C. easily has the worst roads
for visitors in any city in any country I've ever visited. It is very
hard to find things...

Well, Dulles and Udvar-Hazy are located in Virginia, so it's not fair
to blame your problems on the District.

By the time I got there it was 59 minutes before closing and they close
the main gate an hour before closing. So 2 hours of driving all over
the place were wasted. Next time, I'm bringing the laptop with the
built-in GPS and teach my wife to use it.

I've never tried it by automobile, but the $7 bus from NASM downtown
is easy, competitive with U-H parking unless you've got a gang, and
enables you to see the sights of DC.

(BTW: If you take the Metro and bring your family, understand that you
can only run your credit card once per day (the system will reject it
after that). So if you have a family of 4 and want to add money to each
person's metro card (each must be done seperately) you must carry 4
credit cards.)

I've found that all cities, not just DC, eat twenty-dollar bills. When
I go to town, I just load up with twenties, fives, and quarters.

However, all on all, I'm having a great time!!

Going back to UH, now that you know the way, is really worth the
effort. I got there before it opened for the day, and I left on the
three o'clock bus, and I was enthralled every minute except for those
I spent in the gift shop.


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Its amazing how good they are at eating $$. When I was driving around
lost (trying to follow M.S. streets on my PDA) I easily hit every toll
booth around Dulles (3 of them). The $7 bus ride math works differently
for me because I have to multiply everything by 4. So the bus ride is
$28 but parking is still $12. The big ****er is my GPS plug-in
(Holux 270U that plugs into my PDA) went TU just before I left. I sent
it back and just got an email that it will take 2 to 3 months to repair
under waranty. I sure could have used it now.

-Robert

On 29 May 2005 05:33:18 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

The $7 bus ride math works differently
for me because I have to multiply everything by 4.

I think kids are half price. Evidently the fare is now $8, so it would
be $24 (I think). And for that you get to visit NASM next day

Of course, hotels are pricey in DC now, and everywhere. It takes a lot
of work to find a room under $200 a night. (Weekends are closer to
$100, but never reach it



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